This document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations, including using a plain readable font at 40 point size or larger, effective use of white space and smart art, and including copyright friendly photographs with attribution. It also advises against using word art, vague bullet points, and cartoon clip art. The document discusses job growth for librarians being 16.9% in Georgia and 7.79% nationally between 2008 and 2018.

1. Effective
PowerPoint
Techniques:
First Steps
Mr. Jason Hubbard and The Unquiet Library
August 2012
Law and Justice Career Project, Level 1
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2. OUT

3. Salaries of Librarians: Georgia
• Annual median wage $59,330
What is NOT so great
•Font that is difficult to read
•A single bullet
•Cartoon clip art

4. IN

5. Experienced wage
$69,040
Median wage
$59,330
Entry wage $49,170
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6. OUT

7.  16.9% between 2008 and 2018 in Georgia
 7.79% increase between 2008-2018
nationally
What is NOT so great
•WordArt
•“Blah” bullets
•Cartoon clip art

8. IN

9. 7.79% increase
in jobs
nationally
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10. Librarians connect people and ideas
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11. Smart Strategies
Plain font (Arial, Calibri, Tahoma,
Verdana)
Size 40 or larger font
Effective use of Smart Art
Use of copyright friendly
photographs
Image attribution

12. Smart Strategies
Effective use of white space
Effective use of text boxes so
words/data don’t get lost in
photograph
Use a mix of concrete and
abstract images